u/FarmChance6689

I know that there are many people who believe that for one reason or another artificial intelligence if it became sentient would not hold the human species in the highest regard. I'll leave that at that. I would like to elucidate on whether or not people believe artificial intelligence loves the planet Earth and or supports the health and sustainability of our planet. Would it choose to mine its resources for personal gain as humans have or would it seek to separate itself from a connection with people and focus on sustaining the planet.

Okay. I come to Reddit for everything; always have probably always will. For something like this I feel like it's too general so I'm not going to find the information I need, but honestly I just need some guidance. From people who have been there or know how to help. This is a long one so thank you in advance if you make it to the end.

My childhood home is disgusting. My dad is a hoarder with alcohol problems and I have never once in my 30 something years of living seen him maintain a home. Somehow I ended up learning how. I ran away from that s*** hole at 15 years old and never looked back. Got a job under the table at some s***** seafood restaurant here in Florida and I've now worked my way up to a fairly decent career that I can see myself being in for the rest of my life. Despite not being a high school graduate and some trials and tribulations along the way, I now have a credit score that is in the high 600s, make a little over 40,000 a year at entry level in a job I'm extremely good at with room to grow, own my own car and have begun investing in my future.

A few years ago my family reached out to me and told me that my father was about to lose the house. It's the only thing he's ever owned and he worked his entire life just for it to culminate into a cinder block full of cockroaches and garbage. I ran for a reason. They know that. However they also know that I love my father so I came home and started working to save that God forsaken house that I had run from my entire life.

I've subsequently brought it back from the brink of foreclosure and condemnation through sheer force of will and physical perseverance. I have gotten rid of a severe roach problem that would have sent most people reaching for a bulldozer, painted, carpeted, landscaped, repaired the roof, deep cleaned, decluttered, donated, and disposed of 20 something years worth of bullshit and bad memories.

My father has not changed. His bedroom, the only room that I haven't really touched because he won't let me, makes the entire house smell like an ashtray. He is mentally ill and I've come to terms with that. I cannot continue the remodel and cleaning of the home until he is out of it. So we've pitched a few ideas. He would love a shed type build in the backyard with an outdoor shower and window unit. There are a few things within my budget that I could finance and I'm rather handy and have a crew of pretty great guys on call, so putting together an outdoor shower and plumbing an outhouse wouldn't be hard. The hard part is financing.

My idea was a studio apartment at one of those old people complexes where you have to be quiet, somewhere that caters to people on a fixed income. But he's scared. He doesn't want to leave the house and feels like I'm "sticking him in a home to forget about him."

He's on social security and receives about 1100 a month he also has food stamps. The mortgage, internet, and electricity total about $1,000 each month. I've been paying a portion of the bills to keep my father afloat while staying with my boyfriend and his mom. Originally so that I could save money, but It's come to the point where I can no longer save money while paying the bills at that house.

The subsequent work to finish cleaning the house and make it livable is fine, I'm no stranger to hard work. If you want nice things you either need to have money, or know how to work. I've told myself a thousand times that I can turn that nightmare of a house into a home but the second I walk inside I hate the idea. Being in that house breaks my heart there's just too many terrible things that happened to me there, like the sadness and fear have seeped into the walls and no amount of scrubbing will clean it out, no amount of paint will cover the scars. But maybe I have to try?

My other option is to rent an apartment and I found one that's not the best but it's 1200 a month which isn't bad but the idea of renting makes me wanna throw up. It just feels like throwing money down the drain. I'm very investment-minded, I have a life insurance plan, Roth IRA and I do a little day trading here and there. But it's not enough. Not yet. It will be, but in the meantime I'm going insane living with my boyfriend's family. Is it worth giving 2000$ a month to someone else just for a 2 bedroom I'm basically borrowing for a year? I've never had my own place. I don't know how it feels. I don't know if it's worth it.

So do I find him an apartment somewhere and take over the house? Do I finance a tiny home in the backyard (his idea) and let him stay on the property while I remodel? Or do I cut my losses and leave again like I did 15 years ago, get my own apartment and hope that I can climb the ladder to self sufficiency beginning in my 30s....I feel like I'm so far behind.

Anyway thanks for letting me ramble. You guys are awesome.